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thi; N'.o: 8 t ; 4 ettyn of General Officers employed on the Expedition. XI • ' a Jor.General Hcslop. Brigadier -Geri. Gledstanes, Qp3r., t er .and Barrack,Alaster- eneral tirgadier-GeneOl Oar c'ourt. Briodtet.:(;erieral 'Maclean. Brigadier-G e: ,eral Sir .t . ;, s harles Shipley, Chief Engineer.. Brgadier-Genewl, b ßarnsly, Adjutant-c;ltneral.. Brigadier-L.eneraP . 4 rrovv. Brigadier-General lolin Skinner, Brigatitert.4o- t. haries Wale. ; • • (Signed) G. W.,kAMS•AY, %Cc: I !Brigadier and Adjutant-General,. deekwith, K. S. eottimaittler of the forces. Admirults-Offlce, llicafh 15, 1810. Dispatches, of which the following are copies, 'ete this morning rece.ved at this Office, by Captain p l ale% o f . hi s Iviajesty's sloop the Scorpiun,., from ce'-Adk n rr a l. l i te il'Onourahle Sir Alexander , Coch ehnk., K. 13. Cotninancker ;in ~Chic ' of his ',Majesty's Ps and vessels at the Leeward &ands, addressed to John Wilson C'roker.,.EB4. - • - lompSe,,Bassecare, Guadaloupe, St R, ...•. , February, 8 ?filo. Haying on the loth January. left the charge blockade of the Island of Ghadaloupe to 'the senior t',.aptain t h en .presea l ,. I proceeded- to, Fort Royal 42 y, Martini que; w h ere I a rriv e d o n - the. following fight; and upon consulting. with his Excellency Li eutenant -General Sir George Beckwith, the.Com7 !laander of the Forces, no time was lost in eplaarit, 'rig the artillery - and stores', and in sending,' the sfi tps of war to collect • the troops from_the ,several lands and Colonies Ina his Command, intended to s't employed on the aitack of ‘Guadat.A!f e. all of Zilch I directed to - rendezvous iu Piiuce Rupert's Y, Dominica. On the Zed of January; our ntrangernents bring tupleied, and the Lieutenant-Genetal with -his 11. rembarltrcl on board this ship, together with aior-Genral Hislop, Brigadier-Geotral Harcourt, od all the Heads" of Departments, we proceeded I t w tb. several transports and hired armed ye sell. to the 1e rendezvous, where; on my arrival on the'24th, : h ad th e pl easur e to see all t he s hi ps a?sen ibiedorin 3i g h t of the anchorage, With the exception': of .three four transports having troops on board 'which I. tl a wever sent ,out frigates' to tow in, and they.allaaaet 3 at Guadaloupe in time to give their assistauee. - The army being divided Iwo two tlivlaions and r eserve, I ordered Cimunodure Billard, of the S ceptre, about eight o'clock on the vbtli, to - go on tv eh Saintes, with, the second division, command- b,y Brigadier-GeneralHarcourt, to :tinge 'there r the debarkation. Os soon as the second division bad l e ft Prince • `'aPen's, I ordered the first to get under we gh ".z1 follow the Porupee ; and about noon of the 27111 hi anchored off ,Gosier,_ Guadaloupe, where having 2sted oat all the boats, the troops - of this citiasion, tler the command of Major-Generalaislop; and tinder the immediate superintenciane.e of the Com, u nder of the Formal- left the ships about four o 'clock in the morning of the 28th, and proceeded "ader the Orders of CommodoreFahte, to the. village of St. Marie, wherelhey landed withobt opposition 4 tnine, and soon after moved'onwards to Cabesterre, ii the road to Trois Rivieres.. While this division was advancing, I sent dire c t Ebbs to C ommo d ore B a ll a rd to get under weigh. tont the Saintes with his division, to draw the enc.- kY's attention, by'a feint, UITOII Trois Rivieres, 'by thi ch , the enemy was deterred from opposing the ogres s of the troops through-the difficult Pass rochien and after the cloie of the day he was. I lt deied' to land the troops t o the - Northward of ; 'as seerre,. which he effi:Cted, . without, opposition, dout three leagues distant from the: town, when' eY'rnarched Hi a direaion for the enemy's right, followed along th.i shore in 'this ship the ittii , te i the principal division which enabled rue t0..,..k0p a 'constant communication with Sir GeOrgea ckwith, and 'about noon- anchored in the bay, 6f, bmis Rivieres, the enemy having evacuated all 414: ‘atteries as the army advanced. i .'013 the 2(1 Of February, five days provisions hay,. ; l o g . been prePared, for the troopS, they., proceed!d on the heights of - Pal-niece, and the shipping anchor , . again about ' two miles to the northward of zassverre. Af . lialf past six o'clock in the atter titi)", on my appearing off the-town, the Chiefs of toe. Provisioaal GOvernment sent off a flag of truce 'lnplore t for themselies and, the town 'to h ‘ I replied by assuring the inhabitanti ,that 'heir Persons and property should be proteitecend ;94 provided 'they gave up, the f o rts f i f li e o ti comma:Wed he town,. but on theit.aending t a second time to say they had no power on CCM tZtUi over the troops larriaonitij them, and that i were only peaceable and detenceiess inhabitants asseterre, I forbore to 'lire on the forts for fear t 2liaring the town ; buf.on the following day, - at o'clock, I sent Commodore Fable with detach .ints of Marines f r o m the ships to match in "thr rake pos sess i on .of and to guard all th#ialve qt nes leading -to the forts,. so as, to keep the eneny:a ti r o ° °Ps in them in check, ,ydlich service was,, iek tined greatly to my satisfadion. In the forenoon of this day (3(10 we saw frpm ships .trigadiet-General Harcourt's division rnlY -engaged with the e n emy, w h o wa s b eaten Eck th e . with considerable • and in the evening le Reser ve , under Brigadier -General Wale, having a l l . tned and beat th e enemy ' s l e f t i n the mountains Marouba, end gained this most important pass, b 31 caned- him so m uc h ; an d a l so b e i ng aston i shed ' the vigour of the attacks of the 'British troops on e o h side, h e on t h e following ' .inolning fthe *b it) C2 s ted * flags of truce in all his positions; . Atait -C4neral Ernouf sent his aid-de-canetilith , if o pus ls.for the 'surrender of the Island. liiebn -6"9.llence of this. I immedi ate proceeded to-the 'rEIE SUN. 50r.E1 QUIS UICHRY F.ALs'qm AVDSA.T ? LONDON, FUJDAY, M.1: , C1- 16, 1810. QOC ari' )iic; I'# ccrs Woe&leci. Read Quarters of the tritsh camp, and it was trigarfier-general Wale. ~ agreed that Commissioneis should meet at ten Royal Y ork Rangers—Major Henderson; Captains Stirelt. , o' c l oc k on the bth, to settle the terms of capitu- Darling, filmset, and Were. Bth West India Regiment--Captain Grey, Assistant , Quarter . lation. 114 aste- General : • ' - .-. '' i Brigadier-General Harcourt, and CommodorelSlh Foot—Captain Greirson, slightly. lst West Indi a R eg i ment — Capt . " C ass id y. ' I Ballard, were named for the purpose by the COM ' . . . 3d Dine— Captain Ross, Lieutenant Gloster, M.r. , Minn, wander of the Forces and me, a n d C o l one l F au j as ' Quatter: Master. , , !till • . -"::- and Lieutenant-Colonel D'AlVymare were named 4th Ditto —_l:' Re'd. 4ti , Ba tt. 63 1 Foot—Lfentenani Renr.ier and Lieuted i ,',l 'at- ~ ,b n the part of the French, and t h e te rms agree d on 11 - u dgoaii, slightly. ~ I being ratified the next morning at ei g ht o ' c l oc k, 4 , 1 ' - :- , zo 1 -,- ,0r.. Lieutenant Campbell. I'l have the honour to enclose a , c dpy o f them, and - t , ' , 0,-. - } SA.e.i.er .4 the 34 West India itegiment,died,of f a ti gue . ! congratulate the Lords. Commissioners of the Admi- N B. Besides the - abm;e, there were .oirty ! ralty on the accomplishment of this importa n t con s,„7ess'l ly w , wliiit,tt, who joined their- corps, when . quest, achieved in. the short space of „eight days 'rmd (lb:ling 'the action. Many of the .men are frfrom the time of debarkation, by the skill and va -I"verely w o un d e d, but the wounds in general look - I - 'lour of the army. . (Signed) . . • . 'Lveli: From the nature of the service, the sea men cou ld ' ... A.. BAILLIE, Inspector. not be much employed in actual fight wi t h t h e ene ' ' . .- -.' - :11)y, bui their exertions in conveying howitzers, tfield-pieces, ammunition, provisions, 4c. to the •i• troops, de.erve my reporting them to their Lord kl]ips in terms of the highest encomium. -'i !" COrnmodore Ballard, and Capsiins Stanfell, El ',liot, .and Flin, with detach ments . o f s eame n, were attached - to the second division of the army; and Commodore Fahie, and Captains Dilks and Dowers, to the brst division, with all of whoM the General • is highly satistieu; as he is with the niariues landed under Captain Abbot, belonging to this ship (who is slightly wounded).„, I am also much indebted to Captains Watson - and Vashou Ballard' ant' the other Offi,7er, employed, for their great exertions; as well'as to Captain Kempf, the principal Agent ! for Transports. And it is with peculiar pleasure . r have again tn r,epurt to their Lordships the cor diality which ha, uninterruptedly obtained between .:- the two services during the Whole of this Expe dition. II send . herewith all the reports and returns I have been able to col;ect. The only loss I have yet h ear d ''of in the' Scitiacirott is Lieut. Elliot, of the Sceptre, killed' by a , cannon-shot in the advanced battery, where he was a volunteer. I have entrusted this dispatch to Captain Stan sell, Coinniander of his Majesty's sloop Scorpion, woo, has been 'actively employed on this service, and will conseqUently be able to .gi ve suc h fur . their payticulah as their Lordships may require; and 1 take leave to mention him as an Officer whose zeal and merits entitle him; to their Lord ships' protection. f have the honour to be, &c. - (Signed) , A. COCHRANE. AftltlV AD-1 Dublin, t Gottenburgh, Dublin, z Waterford. We are this . day enabled to Ly. before our readers the official account of the capture of Guade loupe, which was published this morning in a Ga .. zette Extraordinary. it would be an insult -fo the understanding of our readers to comment at length upon the importance of this conquest. BU6NAPARTE wished fur colonies and .commerce, and he has now lost all the numerous and valuable foreign posses- - sions that belonged to France, with h.e exception of the. Mauritius. I-Te has 'no longer any, po—ses- pions in the West Indies : there is no' longer any shelter in that quarter for the privateers that used to prey upon our trade ; and one ground, at least, of our diipute with America is removed, viz. whe ther a Neutral had a right*to carry on the trade i)etWeeß the Mother Country and her Colonies. The Opposition in this country will, of course al low Ministers no credit for planning this expedition : ,they will continue to act . upon their old system; .they will exaggerate every failure, and depreciate . i every success; But the people of this.c o untry will !nct,..suffer themselves to be made the dupes .and ;tools ola party, clamouring about public.evilswith the view only of promoting' their private interests, iaddcreating, by their own conduct, many of 'the ;very tyili of. which they street so loudly to corn plain. The people of this country will do justite to the wisdom with which the plan of this Expedition was formed, as well as to the skill and bravery with which it was carried into. execution. The Gazette is so very long that we' can only► giVe the more important parts of it to-day ; the Ar ticles of Capitulation and some of the minor details 'we must reserve till to-morrow. f We are unable to communicate to our Readers any further particulars respecting the capture made by the Horittia frigate. 3'he only account which has reached the Admiralty is, that she has ,arrived at the Needles with her prize. When the Hazard left Ouadaloupe, the French frigate Aertide, of the largest class, which escaped from St. Maloes some time ago, hove in sight off Basseterre, where two of our frigates and two tad Ops were lying at anchor; .diacovering the Island to.be- in our possession, she stood back, which our squadron perceiving, immediately . slipped their ga bles, and all four were in close . pursuit when the Hazarc4 came away, and there is little doubt of her being captured. '''C' l 7Atn . o . ug'tite latest rumours from the Cantinen t Ifirnoio L i - extraordinary one indeed, Importing that the , --ArAllAnchess- :14 ARIA I . ovt- l n, the DL.tratlied , B-:;de 41,' , .;t1.7011.21PARTE,- bad Eiddvaly -withdrawn from the imperial Palace at Vii rink, in - Mier to Avoid 'tire odious nuptials, and that•her retreat bad not been discovered. A vessel which lately arrived at Derry, in Ireland, from . America, brings intelligence that Mr. MA CON'S Bill has been suspended in' its progress through the Senate, upon the, ground that it was thought proper to wait for the result of the Neiotiation be tween the Marquis WELLESLEY and Mr. PINCKNEY. A report was this morning circulated in the City that a Flag of Truce had arrived from France.- The Public cannot hare forgotten ,the consfon declamation of the Opposition Writers and Speakers respthing the extraordinary expence of the Expedi tion to the Scheldt. We were fold of the many millions which were thrown away upon . this plan ; calculations were made of the quantity of ground which these millions would cover in guineas, . and we were solemnly told that BUOIPARTL: would wil lingly have sold us the fee simple of the Isle of Wal cheren and all the ships and stores at Antwerp, for . half the money this Expedition cost us.---Unfor- Innately for these declaimers and calculators, the fait is:now ascertained beyond a doubt. The whole of the extrabrdinary expence Of this Expedition amounted to no more than 831,2751. as appears by t he evidence given by'Mr. WfrAnTog, before th , ,: Committee of the House of Corm-nem. NAVAL N LYMINGTGN, MARCH 15.—Artived his Majesty's ship Excellent, with a fleet from Gibraltar; one of them; the Mary, of Poole, is on shore near this • • place. The Horatia frigate is in the Roads, with a large ship which the captured.—Vide the Portsmouth letter of yesterday. DEAL, MARCH 15.—Arrived the. Hero man• of war, and Poctargus sloop of 'war, from Portsmouth: Sailed the Helicon sloop of war on a cruize. PLYMOUTH. MARCH 14.—Arrived ,his Majesty's ships Renown and Scipion from Portsmouth; and the Hazard sloop of war from the West Indies. . Last. Tuesday night-a battle took place .bet Ween some British and Portuguese . sailors; the latter, on. finding theoaselves nearly overcome, drew their knives; and, we are sorry to state, killed a seaman belonging- to a fishing smack, and wounded two others, one of which belongs to the Peacock man of wlr brig,' and is not expe6led to Survive ; and the oilir, to the Rattlocuake sloop el r y the . wound of the latter is not considered dangerous. . The Po .tuguese made their escape . ; but, on a diligent search being made for them this. one of. the of fenders .Was taken, and conveyed to - the town prison. , The Earl Spencer hired cutter, with he convoy bound to the Eastward, are again put back; and also the five cartels that sailed from hence.with prisoners, 'for Went up the harbour his Majesty's ship Renown, Arrived the Mary, 're'AGin, from London. . s PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 15.—Arrived the Dapper gun-brig, from a - cruize; also arrived yesterday at St. Helens, the Fait OiMani, EaSt Indiaman, and this day she was obliged to slip her cable and come to the Motherbank, where she remains. • Came into flarbotir the Industry, Poor., having lost two ttnchors and a cable at Spii head ; the Prose- lyre, BAWIDN, having been . ran foul of. • VERDtN, IVrAttcll 6.—The passage by. Bar stir- Ornain of persons of rank, Couriers and Court equi pages, becomes every day more considerable. On the Ist, six ca: rages of the Court passed throulth this town, proceeding from Paris to Vienna ;' one olthern, ofgreat.beauty, draym by eight horses ' is understood to be destined for the Prihce ss MAria Louisa of Austria 106 horses are ordered at' each post; the relays to be ready the' 15th. SMITHFIELD_MARKET,AtAkcn t 6. . - Tlpis day's market afforded a good supply of dif ferent kinds of Cattle. Beet, Mutton,. and Veal are deaierth3n . ouriast report ; Pork sold at last price ; and' the trade in general was not over brisk. The sales itt the Hay-market were trifling ; Hay and Straw fetched better prices than Monday's. market ; Clover obtained cast prices. The following prices 'and numbers sre an aecurate'statemeut. • • • To sink the Offal per stone of 81b. Beef ss. od. to 6s. 4d. Isrlaiton ;s. ed. to 6s. 4d. Veal Ss. od.. to ys. 6d. Fork ss. ud, to 7s. liwsts isto.--Sheep 37a9.—(3%dies 22o.—Pigs 370. SMITHFIELD HAYMARKET. Hay 41. tos. od. to ail. tos. od. Straw aI. os. od. to 31.35. ed. Cloyet 6.1. los. od. to 71. los. od. CORN-EXCHANGE, MARCI3'IO.--,The fresh arri, vals of Wheat this day make the supply suinewhat considerable, part thereof tbreign •• Sales heavily effected, and at rather lower prices; .primc Dam zic about t 16s. per iivarter. Barley in tolerable supply, at little variation; Malt likewise; :White 1 3 as rather dearer ; Beans of both sorts keep their prices. ,There are large fresh arrival , : of Gais, and thl4 mule about es. per 'quarter cheaper. Flour without alteration. Wheat - Sos a 955 a To6s Finetittto - lios a Ito Kye - - sos a 56i Barley - -35 s a 49S Matt - 72, a Sea White Pease - 6bs a 74s Grey ditto . 46s- it 5 23 puns (old) . ibs a On Tick Beans (old) 46s 3 . 52s Oats -22 S kaiSs a 3os Poland ditto . 32s a ass od l'otatoe ditto 38s a—s od Rape Seed - 471 2_501 Fine Flour Bss a goS Seconds . B,:s a Sis PREArIi In the debate bf Friday last; in the' Fiobst of doili= mons, Mr. Jacobs spoke with proper indignation of - tha conduct' of the French in Spain: Mr. Whim .bread very properly said, " that he must cross-ex mine .the Honourable ' Member !" Now we alt know 'what is meant in a Court of Justice by a Cross= examination, namely, being retaincd by the op , polite party, it behoves an advocate to cross.exa.: mine ail witnesses who depose against his We should have been afraid of giving this inuendo, but Mr. W.'s fzank declaration searc.ty admits di .any interpretation 29 to his meaning ! We rieVer , thelesstake the liberty of requesting' this advocate for Fre.rich humanity to ,peruse a pamphlet Later publiblie.d here, entitled,"An.exposition of the'cone duet of France towards Americ by Mr. Lewis Goldsmith, wherein lie will find the following,traiti of French .hunianitv.:.— . . " I cannot avoid taking,notice of a well Writtai and spirited Letter of a Mr.* Charles Villars, which was circulated in print among the author's -trieod* about the time of the transaaions at Lubec, address 4 ed, to Madame Fanny de Beauharno:s, aunt of . neral Beanharnois, first husband of the Einpre.,s Ju4 sephine. , . " After the battle of Jena. (says Mr. Villars) the Prussian 'General Blucher" retreated from that svente of carnage, and got to Lubec, whither be was pur. , sued by three corps dormers, commanded by Souiti Beroadotte, and Murat. Lubec, though a fortified town, was but ill prepared to resist the entrance of the ,Prussians, the latter` got possession hi it by a coup-de-maih. They then put it in a state' of de. , fence. The French got possession of it, and iii lation of a capitulation, by which the lives of the Pros.dans were to be spared, all of that-nation who could be - found were massacred ! •Had the 'matter. rested here, Mr. Villars would not have exposed his life by publishing the- Letter in qtiestion ;, but hor rible to relate, the harmless and inoffensive city of. Lubec was given uli for three days to he pluctl . ervd, and submitted to every kind of cruelty that could disvrace•the history of modern time:. Not a female of 7lrettiost ttendet age - escaped vk)lation. Even the hospitals and the very mad-house were not respel - ! Mr: Vtllarti further observes, that tor thirty • • years to come .every-family of that unfortunate city Will have reason to recollect the three days that the French army passed there. I (says Mr. Goldtnith) have entered. into these details, because I know t here, are some, persons in this country yeiy little dioposed to believe any thing against the philanthropy of their demi-god Napoleon !" • This is "reged - by Mr. Lewis GOldsMith; Who ) someye:ll-s ago, . % • 11 7 . 0te a work called " The Ciie n e s of COOinets." - Vcre d o not suppose that Mr. Whit bread will " CrOss-examine" Mr. G:: on the' con • trary:we rather think that Mr. W. who no doubt put ini T piicit co:lidente in that author's former pub= lication, will belieVe 'all he says in his pres'eni, Works! M.T. Charles.Villars was originally of Metz, but wag at time resident at Lubec, and au inmate of Me. Matitiza l 'Rodde, a Senator and respectable Aleiciiant of ilutt . city tot twenty years,' Mr: Vi I I ars is a corresponding Metitt;er of flit National Institute, and about seven years axo , obtinned troth . that le'arn:tl body prize fora work, which '.he ed " On the good 'effects of the RefoimationoiLuther i " and which has been translated ' • rAbout half past one o'clock yesterday morning, , as • the watchman was going his rouo.is iu Dallie 'stieet; Aldgate, as' he passed the hoUse of Mr. Noyes, leather-seller, he observed' flamis . issuing from the window of the first floor ;he instantly gave the" alar:l to the inhabitants by loud 'and reiteratei 'knocks at the dont, and at- length Mrs. Noyes, who slept. in the third story with her sersunt-tnaid, a, girl of about nineteen years Of age, and - her grand datfghter, an infant of. five y ears o ld ( M r. Noyes being out of town), ppened the window, and o h he . ing apprised of her danger, rushed to. the. roem door, leaviog th'eAvindow , unclosed ; but the mo ment slic opeiiid the door , the draft cre ate d by the windoail."i'liVaillt;:i.lrew a column of the devouring 'eleinent up the strers.comMunicating with her room. She rushed throbgli the flames up another flight of stairs; Calling'on the Servant to follow her ; and made, her way into the workshop at the top of the house.. Here she stood ler some time in i'state of distrae* tien, auxioudy waiting the approach ,of her grand= daughter and the servant. Vain,,however, were her hopes, for so , irresistible and tremendous was the volume of flat* which ascended the moment she quitted her ; _bed::clianiber, that the ,retreat ofsttle unforttinate servant and the infant.was cut off.— They. approached the window to call . for aid, but alas ! ere the' expiration of two 'ninnies, the floor sunk,,:and they were both plunged into .the heart of the fire. Their remains: have not yet been disco vered. Mrs. Noyes having heard their, last ago ', nizing shriek, and, concluding all was over, now thought of her own safety, and opening the window of the workshop, clambered out on the roof, al most in 'a state of nudity; from whence she made btr *ay to the windows of the garret of her neigb. ' bour's (Mr. Breach, the hab er d as h e r , th e corner. of Duke-street, in Aldgate), and here, fortu .nately, two shopmen slept, who - Aiere in a deep sleep, from which they were Aroused by the &ash of a 'pane of :glasS, which Mrs. Noyes 'broke, in order to arouse 'them ; and having been infdrin ' ed of their perilous situation, they received 11Irs. N in their . armsand carried her down 'stairs, !ilartn ing the family aS they deseended, who had jusetinte to escape_befare . the flames made their way through the _party' wall. In a few minutes the two houses t were . AStihe'aiVfnUcbtaigrarion, - the hot rori of which werejaftiSiddiahly.:'lncreased' by the Shrieks of the atirig,ht - edjAitiateSiWbo rushed fro& the adjoining houses,. and with Scarcely atyy clothing, insa cold inclevtithit rtiglii'sought refuge in the houses of the' htnitift ,o imMiiitanti *,-in. the vicinity; Nearly an hour 'ehttagest . : before a *sufficient , shpely of water was procured to sten - I . ole progress of ' the' flames, which threatened desnuttion to a great extein.—An abundant supply,' bewever, was then obtained, and by,the unremitting , :exertions of .the firemem, the . names were extinguished before four o'clock, waft-. out having .extended beyond t he two houses of Mr. Noyes and Mr..Breacli, the shells of which only re main. A sknall.;quamity, of the stock in the shops of each. !muse wits preserved. . . . Plat: , 1i OF STOCKS Ttl 170 AV AT TWILVS o'cLocr.. C . • O. • fail k